Top 10 Cities Population

Worlds Top 10 Cities Population plus Countries

There are big cities and there are really big cities. These indicated below are 10 of the really big ones. Data here does not include surrounding urban areas of these cities. If they did the largest city would be different and would encompass some 35 million people or more.

You’ll notice most of these huge cities are very old cities and none are in the United States or Canada. Many of the cities have different names from the original names of the cities when they were first starting to be populated. If you’ve been to any of these cities or even live in one of them please leave a comment about the city.

The most Populous Cities in the World.

Rank

City*

Population

Year

1

Shanghai, China

17,836,133

2011c

2

Karachi, Pakistan

12,991,000

2008p

3

Mumbai, India

12,478,447

2011c

4

Dhaka, Bangladesh

11,875,000

2011c

5

Beijing, China

11,716,000

2010c

6

Moscow, Russia

11,514,300

2010c

7

Istanbul, Turkey

11,369,613

2007c

8

São Paulo, Brazil

11,244,369

2010c

9

Tianjin, China

11,090,314

2010c

10

Guangzhou, China

11,070,654

2010c

Data includes the most recent figures available. City data proper, not including surrounding urban areas.

NOTES: “c” = census figure; “p” = preliminary census figure.

*Refers to the city proper, as opposed to an urban areas, which would include surrounding urban areas in the total.